Archive for March, 2009

Date: Friday 13th of March, 2009
Time: 8 – 9am
Presenter: Dr. William Mol
Topic: Brief on Dr Mol’s Visit to Japan
Venue: Goroka General Hospital

Summary:

Dr. William Mol, our grand rounds co-ordinator was away for 3 weeks. He travelled to Japan to take part in the Japanese Society for Foot Care and to upgrade his knowledge on reconstructive surgery and to learn about chemotherapy for head & neck cancer. For 3 Fridays, no grand round summary was posted; we apologize to our readers for that.

On the 13th (Friday) Dr. Mol briefed us on his trip to Japan. From January 17th to the 20th, he spent applying for visa at the Japanese embassy in Port Moresby. He flew to Tokyo on the 21st of February (Saturday) via Air Niugini, direct flight from Port Moresby to Narita, Tokyo (6 hours 20 minutes, nonstop). From the 22nd to the 27th February, he spent studying the techniques of orthopaedic and breastta reconstructive surgery at Japan’s oldest and largest private hospital, in Tokyo (National Cancer Centre). On the 28th February and 1st February, he participated in the Japanese Foot Care Society meeting in Yokohama (nearby Tokyo central). There he made a poster presentation about a new and original technique to identify early ingrown nail condition, and to prevent it using acrylic. Acrylic is a substance that hardest within a few minutes, similar to ‘super glue’. This was the first ever reported prevention technique for ingrown nail; therefore it was an eye opener, especially when Dr. Mol presented it using the Japanese language. On the night of 1st March, he flew to Sapporo (1 hour flight). On the 3rd and 4th he spent studying the techniques of chemotherapy at Keiyukai private hospital under Dr. Akihito Watanabe (Ear, Nose & Throat Dr. who is known all over Japan for his effective chemotherapy techniques). He also went to visit his Professors at the University where he used to study (Hokkaido University, Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery).

From now on we should expect a regular update on our grand rounds.